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TV crews captured images of The North Side Skull and Bones gang — skeleton-costumed revelers — spreading out through the Treme area to awaken people for Mardi Gras. “In our 40-plus years of coming to Mardi Gras we've never been involved in a situation at all,” she said. First-time Mardi Gras participant Ken Traylor of Houston had heard about the shooting, but shrugged it off. “Mardi Gras is a time where satire and jest are on full display,” spokesperson Gregory Joseph said in a prepared statement. Mobile, Alabama, lays claim to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the country.
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